Nicola Carey

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Photograph: TRAFFIC/AFP/Getty Images<p>The Tokay gecko. Geckos have become the unofficial mascot for biomimicry ever since the development of new adhesives and sticky pads inspired by the mechanics of gecko …

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Why settle for generic box-store products when you can construct your own designs? The folks at the Polish firm UAU Project think that more people can tap into their inner maker, and hope the SMF.01 lamp will help make that a reality.<p>The floor lamp is the first in UAU’s Self-Made Furniture line, …

"There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials and making things durable." When Robin Day, the industrial designer best known for the injection-moulded polypropylene stacking chair …

Learning to surf in California's frigid breakers, Todd Copeland, a design guru at the Patagonia clothing company, concluded that wet suits weren't cutting it. Sure, a traditional Neoprene suit could keep him warm, but the suit's material could be synthesised only from non-renewable, …